Call for DAP to drop slogan, secular agenda not Barisan’s stance, says Zahid

KUALA LUMPUR: The call for DAP to drop its "Malaysian Malaysia" slogan or secular agenda is not the position of Umno or Barisan Nasional, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. "I listened to the statement carefully and that is the personal opinion of Umno supreme council member Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed. This is not the...

I was once ordered to pay RM13mil in income tax, says Zahid

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi claims that he was once ordered to pay RM13mil in income tax when Lim Guan Eng was finance minister. The Deputy Prime Minister also claimed that Lim had done so due to his "hatred for Umno and Barisan Nasional". "I was ordered to pay RM13mil income tax although I...

Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi marched with the Pakatan Harapan candidate for P161 Pulai Parliament, Suhaizan Kaiat towards the Nomination Center, Dewan Sultan Ibrahim Diamond Jubilee today. With them are Amanah President Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu, Johor Umno Chairman Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin and several leaders of the Unity Government.

Ahmad Zahid predicts easy win for Pakatan candidate in Pulai

JOHOR BAHRU: Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is confident that the Pakatan Harapan candidate, who is representing the Pakatan-Barisan alliance, can easily win the Pulai parliamentary by-election on Sept 9. Ahmad Zahid, who is Deputy Prime Minister, said this was because the former Member of Parliament for Pulai, the late Datuk Seri...

Wife of Penang Umno liaison committee chairman passes away

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Datin Maznah Salleh, the wife of Penang Umno liaison committee chairman Datuk Musa Sheikh Fadzir, died on Sunday (Aug 20) at a private medical centre in Seberang Jaya. She was 70. Musa said his wife died at about 7.40pm while receiving treatment at the private hospital due to stroke. "She had suffered a stroke earlier...

Zahid’s YAB trial: Datuk K allowed to testify with sunglasses on

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's defence team requested that their eight witness, Datuk Seri Khalid Mohamad Jiwa, be allowed to wear sunglasses while testifying in the High Court here on Monday (Aug 21). Lawyer Hamidi Mohd Noh, representing the Deputy Prime Minister, said Khalid, better known as Datuk K, was recovering from recent...

Datuk Seri Khalid Mohamad Jiwa (left), better known as Datuk K, arriving at the Kuala Lumpur High Court. - Photo courtesy of Sinar Harian

Datuk K for the defence: Siti’s husband to testify on Zahid’s behalf in YAB trial

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Khalid Mohamad Jiwa, the husband of songstress Datuk Seri Siti Nurhaliza, arrived at the Kuala Lumpur High Court at 8.46am Monday (Aug 21). He is expected to testify as a defence witness on behalf of Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is facing corruption, criminal breach of trust...

Unfair to ask Zahid to step down, says Bung

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Umno chief Datuk Bung Moktar Radin has labelled calls asking Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahidi Hamidi to step down as unfair, as Umno's poor showing in the recent state polls was a collective responsibility of the party leadership. Bung, who is also an Umno supreme council member, in urging for such...

Zahid’s daughter decries his detractors as ‘rude’ with ‘no manners’

PETALING JAYA: Nurulhidayah Ahmad Zahid has come to her father Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s defence in the face of a barrage of criticism levelled at the Umno and Barisan Nasional chief. “Leaders come and go. What is certain is that Umno will be inherited by those who are rude and have no manners,” she...

State polls: Idris Jusoh calls for Zahid’s resignation after Umno’s losses

PETALING JAYA: Former Terengganu Umno chief Tan Sri Idris Jusoh has called on party president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to resign following the party’s crushing losses in Saturday’s state polls. The former Terengganu mentri besar urged Ahmad Zahid to take responsibility for the party's poor performance especially after they were completely swept away by...

State polls: More foreign, domestic investments if BN-PH wins in Kelantan, says Ahmad Zahid

PASIR PUTEH: The Unity Government has given an assurance that it will attract more foreign and domestic investments to Kelantan if the Barisan Nasional-Pakatan Harapan (BN-PH) alliance wins the Aug 12 state election. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic) said that was one area BN-PH would focus on, besides the education sector...